Ann Putnam

Ann Putnam (1661-1699) was the wife of Thomas Putnam and mother of Ruth Putnam, and she was one of the accusers during the Salem Witch Trials.

Biography
Ann Carr was born in 1661, and she married Thomas Putnam, a wealthy landowner from Salem. Ann had nine children with him, but only their daughter Ruth Putnam would survive past childhood. In 1692, Ruth would be afflicted, and Ann believed that the Devil was responsible for taking their children, later accusing their midwife Rebecca Nurse of killing their children. Nurse would be executed during the Salem Witch Trials after Ruth accused her of being a witch. Both Thomas and Ann died in 1699.